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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1914
Page
8
Charles Lee left Tuesday for Chicago to ship a load of fat cattle. Norman Whitson suffered injuries from a gas and gasoline explosion while working at an oil well. Mrs. J L Parker died at the family residence on West Walnut Street after a months long tuberculosis illness.
Fragmentary historic clipping discusses theorists who blame newspaper reports for spawning repeated crimes. It references scriptural labels and a rare note on women's chastity, suggesting the era’s moral framing around media influence and social conduct.
A letter recalls marbles and rounders at the old grounds with Irish girls Kate Johanna and Nellie Sullivan. The piece shifts to a dramatic freight train hold up at Manilus Langley where two deputies are wounded and fifteen Mexicans are jailed after a gunfight and pursuit by Sheriff Byers.
An unidentified gunman group robbed a train in Illinois. Two people died and three were wounded. Arthur Fisher of Pekin Illinois and a Northwestern engineer were among the injured or killed. Local reports describe the attackers as armed bandits with deadly intent.
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